ゆうれい
Meanings
Noun
1. 死者の霊。
2. 死者の魂が恨みや未練を残してそれを訴えるために成仏できずにさまよってこの世に現われた姿。
3. 実際に存在しないものを形だけでも存在しているように見せかけたもの。ほぼ活動実態のないもの。
Kanji used
faint
ghost
Pitch accent
うれい
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
Examples (31 in total)
There are ghosts everywhere.
You aren't afraid of ghosts, are you?
I'm not a ghost.